The Samajwadi Party believes that parliamentary polls are going to be advanced.

After declaring its first list of 55 candidates on November 16, the Samajwadi Party on Monday released its second list of eight candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

"We have declared candidates for Meerut, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Sitapur, Phoolpur, Maharajganj, Azamgarh, Ghazipur and Banda. Candidates for the remaining seats will be announced soon," Rajendra Choudhary, the party spokesman said.

The eight candidates include the party's national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav and two Cabinet ministers. While Panchayati Raj Minister Balram Yadav has been named candidate from Azamgarh, Land Development and Water Resource Minister Om Prakash Singh would contest from Ghazipur.

Minister of State for Labour Shahid Manzoor would be the party's candidate from Meerut. Former MP Dharmraj Patel, who re-joined the party barely two days back, would contest from Phoolpur constituency in Allahabad district.